Rebecca Judd can’t wait for Chadstone shopping centre to reopen

Rebecca Judd reveals she can’t wait for Chadstone shopping centre to reopen after Melbourne was plunged into Covid-19 lockdown By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:06 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 02:07 GMT, 18 February 2021 She was forced back into her daily routine of homeschooling her children after Melbourne went into a … Read more

Parents will be told to test their teenage children for Covid TWICE a week when schools reopen

Parents will be told to test their teenage children for Covid TWICE a week when schools reopen – and pupils will need to wear masks in school corridors The government is expected to launch plan amid phased return to the classroom Education unions have agreed for schools to mass test once – at the start … Read more

Ministers at war over vaccine passports as PM is urged to use them to reopen hospitality venues

Ministers at war over domestic vaccine passports as PM is urged to U-turn and allow them to help reopen hospitality venues left ‘on their knees’ by lockdown – as Dominic Raab refuses to back ‘jabs for jobs’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:30 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 10:30 GMT, 17 … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon confirms Scottish schools to reopen on MONDAY

Scotland’s way ahead  Nicola Sturgeon made several announcements today ahead of a full roadmap out of lockdown she expects to present next week.  Addressing MSPs in Holyrood she said:  Schools would reopen from February 22, starting with limited primary and secondary age groups  No other years would return to face-to-face teaching before March 15 Scottish … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon confirms that Scottish schools will reopen on MONDAY

What are each of the UK’s nations planning?  ENGLAND: Boris Johnson is due to announce lockdown-easing roadmap, including details on phased return of schools, on February 22.  SCOTLAND: Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Scottish schools will start to reopen on February 22.     WALES: Primary schools will begin the process of reopening next Monday as Mark Drakeford announces … Read more

How to reopen schools: Academies boss says government must vaccinate staff

An academy chief today cast doubt on ‘optimistic’ plans to get all pupils back into school at the start of March as he warned dates were ‘being pulled out of thin air.’  As the PM faces mounting pressure to send children in England back to school, Downing Street has suggested that all primary and secondary … Read more

Unions question plan to reopen classrooms on March 8 and say ‘phased’ return should be an option

Unions pour cold water on plan to reopen classrooms on March 8 and say ‘phased return’ to school should remain an option Several teaching unions have questioned plans to get pupils back in school Concerns were raised that the policy is being led by ‘dates not data’  The outgoing Children’s Commissioner has warned that some … Read more

Shops to reopen, children OK to see grandparents and even self-catering staycations all in WEEKS

There could be light at the end of the tunnel as ministers discuss plans to allow for shops to re-open, families to be re-united and self-catering staycations to be given the go ahead if Covid-19 infection rates continue to plummet amid the vaccine rollout. Plans to ease lockdown were boosted yesterday by figures showing the … Read more

High Street shops are set to reopen in WEEKS if Covid-19 infection rates keep plummeting

High Street shops are set to reopen in WEEKS if Covid-19 infection rates keep plummeting amid vaccine rollout Plans to ease lockdown boosted by figures showing dramatic vaccine impact  Growing hope that families will be able to meet outside by Easter   Prime Minister said number of new cases already dropped ‘very considerably’ By John Stevens … Read more

NHS dental clinics forced to close early last year due to Covid have struggled to fully reopen

Desperate people pulling out their own teeth, jagged molars rubbed down with nail files and dentists reluctantly agreeing to treat patients only if their pain is so unbearable they cannot eat or sleep. This is the bleak picture of NHS dentistry in 2021 as painted by Mail on Sunday readers, who report a service that … Read more